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July 10, 2009

Phoenix Visit La Interface

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In addition to speaking in sexy French accents, here Phoenix perform "Lisztomania," "1901," and the older "One Time Too Many." You've likely already seen performances of those tracks, but things get stripped down in the Spinner studios -- acoustic, no drums -- which adds a janglier feel to the Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix and It's Never Been Like That songs. If you stick around for the interview, you'll see them talk about why they chose bands like Passion Pit and Chairlift to open for them, what they like about Fleet Foxes and Grizzly Bear, and the best thing about being in a band.

"Lisztomania"

"1901"

"One Time Too Many"

Interview

They recently played a WFUV session too. That one's got Air's "Playground Love." Thomas is no longer sick and the band is about to head on a massive tour that carries them into late November. You can investigate at MySpace.

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I love Phoenix but it wasn't until just now did I realize what Clay Aiken has been up to all these years.

Posted by: JD at 07/10/09 4:27 PM  | Reply
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No waaay. Thomas is such a cutie!

Posted by: Z  in reply to JD's comment at 07/10/09 5:12 PM  | Reply
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have you guys stopped copy editing altogether? i've seen more typos than ever this week

Posted by: colin at 07/10/09 5:17 PM  | Reply
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still looking for the full download for the wolfgang diaries. anyone have?

Posted by: fek at 07/10/09 5:21 PM  | Reply
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can someone please make an mp3 of one time too many?? please?

Posted by: emily at 07/10/09 6:01 PM  | Reply
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*l'interface

Posted by: pat at 07/10/09 10:01 PM  | Reply
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He does! He looks exactly like Clay Aiken!

Posted by: Anastasia at 07/10/09 10:28 PM  | Reply
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why so many down hits on this? the resemblance is uncanny. just because he looks like clay aiken doesn't mean he sucks like clay aiken.

Posted by: ryan  in reply to Anastasia's comment at 07/13/09 5:28 PM  | Reply
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good god, they are FANTASTIC live. i loved these. mellow and nice. PHOENIX FTW. <3

Posted by: monica at 07/11/09 12:37 AM  | Reply
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I drove from Arizona to see these guys live in L.A. It was such an amazing concert, they're so passionate live. I highly recommend anyone who has an opportunity to go see them.

Posted by: Kevin at 07/11/09 1:42 AM  | Reply
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love phoenix,but the latest may be my least favorite album of theirs.BTW,does anyone know if they're playing "1901" on the radio,because i've noticed a lot of myspace "friends",that have real shit taste in music have been adding that song to their pages lately.

Posted by: alfred profile link at 07/11/09 4:35 PM  | Reply
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haha "R. Kelly"... ah you silly French people, comme vous êtes drôles!

Posted by: ladders profile link at 07/11/09 5:27 PM  | Reply
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Clay Aiken? eff off! I think he's very cute. The accent doesn't hurt, of course. God I love Phoenix. These accoustic sets are wonderful! I wouldn't say this is my least favorite album; I'd definitely say this and "United" are my favorites. I would violently shake a baby to see Passion Pit open for them (or the other way around haha).

Posted by: sugarmercy profile link at 07/11/09 11:53 PM  | Reply
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the guitarist looks like he's gonna kill someone

Posted by: brggh at 07/12/09 2:49 AM  | Reply
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I've ripped the songs without re-encoding. Mind you, they're AAC. Enjoy.
http://www.mediafire.com/?mq344jvbumw

Posted by: stlolth profile link at 07/12/09 7:08 AM  | Reply
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thank you!

Posted by: emily  in reply to stlolth's comment at 07/12/09 3:41 PM  | Reply
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Much appreciated! :)

Posted by: Violet  in reply to stlolth's comment at 07/13/09 1:35 AM  | Reply
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I'm not the most computer-savvy. Is there a way to convert aac to mp3 so I can play it on Itunes?

Posted by: jess at 07/12/09 3:52 PM  | Reply
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i have a mac and i downloaded this and it worked.
http://www.nch.com.au/switch/mp3.html

Posted by: monica  in reply to jess's comment at 07/12/09 11:48 PM  | Reply
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Thanks a lot, that worked!

Posted by: Z  in reply to monica's comment at 07/13/09 1:34 AM  | Reply
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I feel like Phoenix and Passion Pit are the two big hype bands right now in the blogosphere. They're good, but seriously, not that good.

Posted by: um at 07/14/09 5:24 PM  | Reply
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their live version of lisztomania lacks all the energy that makes the album version good.

Posted by: john b at 07/15/09 1:35 AM  | Reply
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i guess they probably don't normally play it acoustic? i guess that could explain it. either way. the acoustic version of lisztomania is not very good.

Posted by: john b  in reply to john b's comment at 07/15/09 1:39 AM  | Reply
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